Company Information
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Company Name: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
Website: HTTPS://WWW.FEMA.GOV

Job Information
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Job Title: Contract Specialist
Job Type: Co-op
Job Description:
This position is being announced under FEMA's Cadre of On-call
Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) Program.  This is a temporary appointment
in the Excepted Service, not to exceed 2 years, with the option to extend
based on workload and funding availability. Veterans Preference does not
apply to the CORE selection process.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling on those who want to
help protect American interests and secure our Nation. DHS Components work
collectively to prevent terrorism; secure borders and our transportation
systems; protect the President and other dignitaries; enforce and administer
immigration laws; safeguard cyberspace; and ensure resilience to disasters.
We achieve these vital missions through a diverse workforce spanning hundreds
of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.

When disaster strikes, America looks to the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA). Now FEMA looks to you. Join our team and use your talent to
support Americans in their times of greatest need. FEMA prepares the nation
for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following
any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and
creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well-skilled,
knowledgeable, high performance workforce. Please visit www.fema.gov [1] for
additional information.

EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT: Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency
management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine
deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the
clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work
hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may
include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position
description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be
extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may
require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and
operationally challenging conditions.

In this position, you will responsible for soliciting, evaluating,
negotiating, awarding, administering, analyzing, advising on, and/or
terminating contracts for the procurement of supplies and services for the
Agency. Typical assignments include:

* Performing contract pre-award work to secure contracts for the acquisition
of goods and services and ensures that procurements a re obtained from
responsible sources at fair
and reasonable prices.
*  Monitoring and administering contract performance after a contract is
awarded to ensure pro per progress, negotiate any modifications to a
contract, and to ensure that contract activities are completed.
* Ensuring compliance with technical, financial, delivery, and other terms of
the contract.


[1] http://www.fema.gov


Requirements:
Conditions of Employment
You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
You must successfully pass a background investigation.
Travel will be required.
You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
Please review "Other Information" section for additional key requirements.
To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to
be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants
must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for
Public Trust/High as a condition of placement into this position. This may
include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a
review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts,
child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses
and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal
Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on
background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations.

Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below.

Qualifications
The qualification requirements listed below must be met within 30 days of the
closing date of the announcement.

You qualify for this position at the IC-12 level (starting salary $89,834) if
you possess the following:  One full year of specialized experience
equivalent to the next lower grade (IC-11) in the Federal Service.  This
experience may have been gained in the federal government, a state or local
government, a non-profit organization, the private sector, or as a volunteer;
however, your resume must clearly describe at least one year of specialized
experience.  Specialized experience for this position includes:

Analyzing procurement situations, proposals, and market conditions.

Utilizing financial management systems to research, enter, and track data and
prepare reports.

Applying contracting and procurement policies, requirements, and regulations
to procure and/or administer and closeout complex contracts.

This position has a positive education requirement. In addition to the
Specialized Experience requirement, you must meet the listed education
requirement below. (Submission of transcript and FAC-C II or DAWIA
certificate is required)

A 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree with a major in any
field;

or

At least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields:
accounting, business, finance, law, contracts, purchasing, economics,
industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organization and
management.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work
done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and
other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual,
community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical
competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and
experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive
credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your application must show that you meet all requirements for this position.
You may be found “not qualified” if you do not possess the minimum
competencies required for the position.

NOTE: Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to
describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each
period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) and the number of hours
worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made
when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this
information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use
the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. For a brief video
on How to Create a Federal Resume, click here. NOTE: If you are using the
USAJOBS Resume Builder, please insert the dates of employment in MM/DD/YY
format at the top of the “Duties, Accomplishments, and Related Skills”
text field for each period of employment included on your resume.

Current or former FEMA Reservists/DAE employees: To accurately credit your
experience for these intermittent positions, make sure to list the dates
(from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of each deployment, along with the job title and
specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.  Failure to
provide this information may result in disqualification.



Links to External Job Postings:
Title: Contract Specialist 
URL: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/676445400


Resume Information
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Applicants should submit the following:: Resume, Cover Letter
Majors Desired:: Business, Computing, Education, Engineering, Graphics/Art/Printing, Health Sciences, Interpreting, Liberal Arts, Science, Sustainability

Application Information
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Apply online at:: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/676445400